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Friday, December 19, 2008

Wendy and Charlotte Blevins at Creighton Medical Center after the attack.

DogsBite.org - A comment was recently left at DogsBite.org about Tina Agerson's pit bull that suddenly attacked Charlotte Blevins and ripped off her scalp. The commenter, who is presumably a pit bull advocate, blames Charlotte's mother. The cruel accusation voiced by the commenter is universal amongst comments that we do not publish at DogsBite.org. So that readers can understand this spiteful mindset, we publish it for you now:

Comment: "Question, why does Wendy Blevins not have insurance to pay for this? Not that it's her fault that her daughter was attacked, but if the attack happened to me, insurance would cover it. Why is she apparently uninsured?"

Wendy Blevins was insured. This is stated in multiple articles about her. In addition to blaming the victim for potentially being uninsured (after "someone else's dog" violently attacks), the commenter also lacks insight into personal health coverage. When you get into a car accident, for instance, your car insurance pays for injuries, not your personal health plan. Not all health plans pay for dog bite injuries. The expectation, as outlined in "strict liability" state law, is that the dog owner is liable.

The commenter also questions whether or not Wendy is a good mother. Wendy immediately straddled the attacking dog and pulled it off of her daughter. As the scalp ripped off, blood flew everywhere, including all over Wendy. This courageous mother is a hero. Not only did she save her daughter's life, she stood up to the pit bull lobby in Omaha and helped get a new dangerous dog law passed that will prevent future mothers from having to undergo what she did.

There is more power and integrity in a single strand of Wendy's hair than the entire pro-pit bull community combined.

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26 comments:

ernie | 12/18/2008 9:52 PM | Flag"Question, why does Wendy Blevins not have insurance to pay for this? Not that it's her fault that her daughter was attacked, but if the attack happened to me, insurance would cover it. Why is she apparently uninsured?"

WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM A POPULATION OF IGNORANT, UNEDUCATED, INBRED, WHITE TRASH HILLBILLIES AND PSYCHOPATHS?

bluesmom | 12/18/2008 9:59 PM | FlagPit bull fanciers consistently prove to be callous beyond belief. Absolutely no remorse for the pain and suffering of victims and survivors. No financial accountability. No humanity. Just the same breed specific excuses...

Anonymous | 12/18/2008 10:07 PM | FlagThe pit bull community that makes these comments are crude insensitive people. They are sad people relating more to a damaged dog breed whose only purpose is to kill and fight other dogs. This is a beautiful picture of a mother's love. This is what love looks like pit bull advocates. I'm sorry for you.

Dirt Nap Giver | 12/18/2008 10:29 PM | FlagPit bull owners DO NOT believe their mantra, "Punish the Deed!" In many instances, they fully blame the victim for the attack. In this instance, they blame the victim (inaccurately) of not having health insurance and thus being unable to afford medical treatment after someone else's dog inflicted a violent attack upon them.

The possible sociopathic and certainly narcissistic commenter is wholly representative of the zealot pit bull community. It's not the pit bull's fault, it's not the pit bull owner's fault, it's the fault of the person maimed for potentially not having PIT BULL LIABILITY INSURANCE!

Swift action from a 9mm might have prevented serious injury to the child in this attack. A 9mm is much less expensive than PIT BULL LIABILITY INSURANCE and, or personal health coverage. A 9mm might have also alleviated the need for this child to have a tube stuck out of its head.

A woman scoops her dog up but is severely injured by the pit bull. The pit advocate asks, "What kind of an idiot gets in the middle of a dog fight?"

A woman doesn't scoop up her dog and the dog is killed. The pit advocate asks, "Why didn't she just scoop up her dog and save it?!!!"

Or the victim didn't react appropriately to a menacing pit bull. Or the victim panicked and screamed during an attack. Or the victim ran from a pit bull.

Or, the victim didn't run, but COULD HAVE!

So, why would a pit advocate question the insurance status of victims? Because of the RANK F**KING STUPIDITY you’d expect from A POPULATION OF IGNORANT, UNEDUCATED, INBRED, WHITE TRASH HILLBILLIES AND PSYCHOPATHS!

(I concur, Ernie.)

truthbird | 12/18/2008 11:55 PM | FlagOne has to wonder if the commenter even realized that he or she was blaming the victim. So second nature is it TO ATTACK and question victims by these zealots, so desperately do they try to AVERT attention away from the devastating injury and reality of a pit bull attack, that their blind to their own ridiculous accusations. In opposition to the EXPANDING universe, they operate in a constantly SHRINKING universe that limits their ability to SEE.

Pitters attack without thinking, and are provoked by a feather in the breeze.

Anonymous | 12/19/2008 12:09 AM | FlagThere's a lot of ideas about what a "hero" is. Perhaps the term is thrown around too much. But who comes to mind when nurses, medics, firefighters and police think of a hero? Wendy Blevins!

God bless you and your beautiful daughter Wendy! I wish you were never in this story but we wouldn't have known you and we need heros too!

Anonymous | 12/19/2008 1:09 AM | FlagThe video of Charlotte's Crusade is a masterpiece -- a masterpiece being defined as from whatever angle you view it from, the art moves you in powerful ways that you otherwise could not imagine.

Upon viewing Charlotte's Crusade, you will not be the same person. You will be a person with more depth, compassion and understanding of LOVE than which you have previously known.

Anonymous | 12/19/2008 4:35 PM | FlagI have noticed that a lot of pit owners place very little value on human life. Their argument is, basically, that a few dead kids is a worthwhile price to pay for the privilege of owning whatever dog they want, with no restrictions.

I was a member of one on-line community of dog owners for a while, but I left because of the hostility of some of the pit owners, and other pit "supporters", when discussing dog attacks. It was shocking to hear the complete lack of compassion these people have for victims, especially children. There were a few female members who were childless adults (by choice or design, I'm not sure). But they clearly hated children, and tended to blame them for dog attacks. I'm not sure how to clasify these people, they are not classic sociopaths, because they LOVE their dogs....they simply hate people, and feel that a human life is worth the same, or less, than an animals life.

Anonymous | 12/19/2008 5:19 PM | Flaganonymous, I have seen the same on pet forums. You either agree with the pit nutters or you are an evil dog hater. Pit bull attacks can not be discussed there because pit bull owners feel it is offensive to them as it negatively portrays their dog. These same people post attack stories of other breeds. And most are childless women who do seem to feel that all children need to be taught first and foremost how to interact with a dog as thier most important life skill. Their lack of patience and understanding is simply amazing.

A DOG BREEDER, who does not want to pay for the harm their dogs do, because it eats into their PROFITS

The breeder industry is at probably the most despicably disgusting level it has ever been

Ernie, I respecfully disagree:) Indeed your characterization fits many of these pit bull people to a T, but college-educated AKC breeders say exactly the same thing- BLAME THE VICTIM"

please note in my original comment i stated AND PSYCHOPATHS.

responsibledogowner | 3/31/2010 9:53 AM | FlagI have been a dog owner my whole life and I will never understand pit bull apologists and their continuous blaming of victims for being attacked. Every dog owner should be 100% liable for the actions of their dogs. I guarantee there would be far fewer pit bulls menacing innocent people and pets if the owners knew they would go to jail and face huge monetary losses when their pit bull "went postal" and attacked.

Anonymous | 6/13/2013 11:18 PM | FlagI totally agree.Where I live Tyler Jett 7 years old died from injuries from two pitbull.The owner knew exactly the dogs had done because he cleaned little Tylers blood off of his dogs in an attempt to cover up what they had done! All the while screams from the neighbors that came to Tylers aid could be heard throughout the neighborhood.The owner has been charged with manslaughter and now is facing going to prison. He also has charged with tampering with evidence and drug charges to.These dogs were continously allowed to roam the neighborhood and were chasing another little boy when their attention turned to Tyler.Guess even the thought of going to prison dont deter these pit nutters.I dont see how pit owners even sleep good at night knowing that they could suddenly lose their house,life savings and going to prison simply because they insist on owning a land shark.As much as I love dogs aint no dog worth me losing everything and including my freedom.